Problem description:
When there is selection of region, show row and column count for it. E.g. if somebody select C6:I19, show information "14R:7C" in status bar (or as hint).
This is useful information when I need to copy selection to other place (to know about needed space).
Operating System: All
Version: 4.0.2.2 release

Probably, though I currently have no idea how to add yet another item to the status bar, nor if we really want it there. We already have the Name Box in the upper left that displays the selected cell range, I could imagine to display the CxR info also there, as a tooltip, or when hovering over the selection itself.

This bug really misses an important code pointer, and that is how to add the information to the status bar:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=ce14342c4292628a641a72d4f63d9c048e030c6a
is what was done in Writer; so you want to do something similar in Calc. You have to find the appropriate places in Calc to be able to do that, eg.
sc/sdi/scalc.sdi instead of sw/sdi/swriter.sdi, sc/source/ui/app/scdll.cxx instead of sw/source/ui/app/swmodule.cxx, sc/source/ui/view/cellsh.cxx instead of sw/source/ui/uiview/view2.cxx.
If you "git grep SID_STATUS_DOCPOS", that should give you some additional idea - that is the 'Sheet 1 / 1' indicator in the status bar.

I'm sorry, i won't be able to work on this one for now. Someone else might take it up :)
@Abhishek, you should start by cloning the LibreOffice repo and building it. After that, look around the code and with the help of the code pointers provided, hack it up a bit and see what magic it does :)
Regards,
Rachit Gupta

Created attachment 95923[details]
calc: showing count of selected rows and columns screenshot
This attachment is a screenshot of calc, showing the number of rows and columns selected, in the statusbar.

Created attachment 95924[details]
diff file for this bug : count the selected rows and columns.
Hi everyone,
I will be submitting this patch to gerrit for review very soon.
Please tell whether this code resolves this bug or some other enhancements are required. Please provide suggestions or improvements to be made.
Thank you
Manmeet Singh

Hi eveyone,
I have uploaded patch for this bug on gerrit for review. The link is https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/8640/.
Screenshot showing the working of patch is also attached.
Please suggest changes and improvements, if any, to fully meet the requirement of this easy hack (ui: count selected rows and columns).
Thank you
Manmeet singh

Hi everyone,
I have uploaded patch for this bug on gerrit for review. The link is https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/8640/.
Screenshot showing the working of patch is also attached.
Please suggest changes and improvements, if any, to fully meet the requirement of this easy hack (ui: count selected rows and columns).
Thank you
Manmeet singh